Posts Tagged Mars Science Laboratory

Image caption: Curiosity tool turret located at end of robotic arm is positioned with drill bit in contact with John Klein outcrop for 1st hammer drilling into Martian rock surface on Jan 31, 2013. It’s nearby a spot that was […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS Mishandling On Earth Could Impede Mars Rover By Frank Morring, Jr., Guy Norris Source: Aviation Week & Space Technology January 21, 2013 An apparent lack of rigor in maintaining cleanliness on the Curiosity rover while it was being assembled […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

“Sand” means something different to me than it does to you, probably Posted By Emily Lakdawalla 2013/01/24 01:28 CST I had one of those “A-ha” moments last week where I suddenly realized that I had run afoul of a common […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Curiosity Rover Report (Jan. 18, 2013): Curiosity Finds Calcium-Rich Deposits Published on Jan 18, 2013 by JPL News NASA’s Curiosity rover finds calcium deposits on Mars similar to those seen on Earth when water circulates in cracks and rock fractures. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

The Mars Science Laboratory’s Curiosity Rover recently took this photo of the Martian landscape looking toward Mount Sharp while on its way toward Yellowknife Bay—an area where researchers have found minerals indicating the past presence of water. Credit: NASA The […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

NASA plans to launch the first of the space agency’s new Orion spacecraft atop a United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket (seen here) on Exploration Flight Test 1, currently scheduled to take place in September of next year. Photo Credit: […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…